2025 Best Medicine Schools in the New England Region
7Colleges in the New England Region
1,518Medicine Degrees Awarded
$65,617Avg Early-Career Salary
A degree in medicine is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #40 out of 395 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 7 schools in the New England Region to determine which ones were the best for medicine students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 1,518 degrees in medicine annually.
Your choice of medicine school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for medicine schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
The medicine school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Medicine Schools in the New England Region.
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Best Schools for Medicine in the New England Region
The schools below may not offer all types of medicine degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Brown University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in medicine. Located in the city of Providence, Brown is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #26 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Brown is a great university overall.
There were roughly 148 medicine students who graduated with this degree at Brown in the most recent year we have data available. Those medicine students who get their degree from Brown University make $6,734 more than the standard medicine graduate.
It is difficult to beat Boston University if you want to pursue a degree in medicine. Boston U is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Boston. A Best Colleges rank of #23 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Boston U is a great university overall.
There were approximately 164 medicine students who graduated with this degree at Boston U in the most recent year we have data available. Medicine degree recipients from Boston University get an earnings boost of approximately $5,037 over the average income of medicine graduates.
It's difficult to beat Tufts University if you wish to pursue a degree in medicine. Tufts is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Medford. A Best Colleges rank of #39 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Tufts is a great university overall.
There were approximately 206 medicine students who graduated with this degree at Tufts in the most recent year we have data available. Degree recipients from the medicine degree program at Tufts University make $3,618 above the standard college graduate with the same degree when they enter the workforce.
Quinnipiac University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in medicine. Located in the large suburb of Hamden, Quinnipiac is a private not-for-profit university with a moderately-sized student population. This university ranks 5th out of 18 schools for overall quality in the state of Connecticut.
There were about 97 medicine students who graduated with this degree at Quinnipiac in the most recent data year. Medicine degree recipients from Quinnipiac University receive an earnings boost of approximately $3,899 above the typical earnings of medicine majors.
Located in the fringe town of Storrs, UCONN is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 3rd out of 18 colleges for overall quality in the state of Connecticut.
There were roughly 101 medicine students who graduated with this degree at UCONN in the most recent year we have data available. Those medicine students who get their degree from University of Connecticut receive $2,910 more than the average medicine graduate.
UVM is a fairly large public university located in the small city of Burlington. This university ranks 4th out of 9 schools for overall quality in the state of Vermont.
There were approximately 118 medicine students who graduated with this degree at UVM in the most recent data year. Students who receive their degree from the medicine program make about $67,529 for their early career.
UNE is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the medium-sized suburb of Biddeford. This university ranks 6th out of 19 schools for overall quality in the state of Maine.
There were about 162 medicine students who graduated with this degree at UNE in the most recent year we have data available. Soon after graduation, medicine degree recipients usually make around $65,581 in the first five years of their career.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
Your choice of medicine school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for medicine schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
